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Cycling getting the squeeze in Dublin city centre

Michelin · 2017-03-29 16:36:27

There is a new lane for right turning public service vehicles on O'Connell bridge when coming from Westmoreland street and turning right for Custom house direction. The council have built up a kerb on the left of the lane with no provision for bikes at all will only fit a bus. With plans of cycling only paths running along…

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#62 01-04-2017 11:50am
AndrewJRenko

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buffalo wrote: »

As a point of information, by the letter of the law any motor traffic can enter the advanced stop box as long as the traffic light is not red. The rules of yellow boxes (do not enter unless you can leave it) do not apply. So it's quite probable for every advanced stop box you encounter in heavy traffic to have a car in it, completely legally.

It's amazing how many motorists are 'surprised' by the presence of heavy traffic that leaves them 'stuck' either in the bike box or just in the middle of the junction - and then blames everyone else in the world for how they got stuck - nothing to do with them.

One day, I'm going to give this a shot;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vixFxgDODs0

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